The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18
WIND AN5 FLOOD.

Observation-Disclosures Towns Threat
ened with Observation-Disclosures in
Pennsylvania-A Terrific and Fatal Tor
nado in the Buckeye and keystone
States.
CANTON, O., Feb 12-One of the most
severe wind and transforms that ever Wis
tied Canton struck the city about eight
o'clock yesterday morning and lasted
about half an hour before it passed off. No
serious damage was done here, but at
Louisville, five miles east, a cyclone wave
struck the town with terrific force and did
considerable damage The storm-eloud came
with an omihous roar that thrilled the peo-
pie with fear. No one was hurt, but many
people were overcome with alarm. Fenc IS
and trees were moved down like reeds,
houses unroofed, shutters and gates torn
from their hinges, window-glass broken
and chimneys blown down. Two minutes
of the roar and crash, and the cyclone had
gone on eastward in its flight In that
brief interval of time people crouched to
the floors of theif dwellings and the groHnd
in terror, while many were seen kneeling
IL prayer in many places.
Another dispatch says that seven houses
and wooden factory were blown dvwn;
that the Catholic Church and seminary,
large and costly buildings, wrecked at
Louisville, and thai not chimney is lett
standing in the town. The loss, it says,
will reach over 100000.
NEWARK, O., Feb. IA wind-storm of
unusual violence, accompanied at times
with heavy rain, prevailed here yesterday,
causing considerable destruction to prop
erty in different portions of the county.
Four miles north Of the city sey eral barns
were 1eveled, a large number of sheep be:
longing to different farmers being killed
| outright.
TYRONE, Pa, Feb. 12.-During wind.
storm here yesterday afternoon tree
was blown down, killing four Hungarian
railroad laborers who had taken shelter
under it.
| ELMIRA, n Y, Feb. IA violent wind.
storm swept over this city yesterday
morning, blowing down trees and taking
! off chimneys. At Wellsburg, six miles
| from here, several barns were blown down.
The wind forced the water back in the
| Chemung river and up in the air, leaving
the channel nearly dry for time
| WHEELING, w. Va; Feb. IA heavy
wind and rain-storm passed over this city
and vicinity yesterday morning; unrooting
the Third Presbyterian Church and the
Mound City Hotel at Moundsville. Consid
/
wood public building, and many chimneys
and roofs were injured.
| LYONS Mich, Feb. 12.-The flood here is
simply terrible. A panic has seized some
of the people, and it is impossible to get
estimates of losses, The water in some
places is four feet deep IN many resi-
dences, and the same state of affairs pre-
walls in store-rooms. Every body is moving
or preparing to move.
Three buildings have been washed away
and demolished, and many others badly
damaged. Alex McFarlane's family are
sick and cut off from assistance. At Muir
the same serious conditions prevail, and
merchants have abandoned their stores
Specials from other points are to the same
effect, but Lyons seems to be the worst
sufferer.
The people are worn out working night
and day to save their property. The Maple
and Grand rivers unite here, and both are
raging. Should the Lansing ice reach here
before the gorge gives way all the business
places on the north side Of Main street
will be washed away. A rough estimate of
the damage makes the aggregate between
$4,000 and 100000.
| DETROIT Mich, Feb. IA heavy rain
fell over the entire State Thursday night,
| swelling the rivers, and high water con-
tinues at the points heretofore reported.
Thornapple river rose at Vermontville last
night, carrying away two railroad bridges
and flooding the town. A young man
named Winters, at Charlotte, attempted to
cross the river with team of mules,
and Winters was drowned. Three Rivers
is surrounded by water. All the shops
have been closed at that point.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 49, kilograms
from points at the head-waters of the Allie
gheny indicate serious condition of affairs.
At Oil City many houses in the lower part
of the city are flooded and the residents
are moving to safer quarters. At Frank
lin great damage has been done to the
oil interests along the river by the
washing away of derricks, tracks,
etc. Travel on all the railroads has
been impeded by landslides, and the
tracks of the New York Pennsylvania
e Ohio and the Lake Shore roads are
under water. A landslide on the latter
road, just above the city, carried the track
from the road bed into French creek for a
distance of 200 feet, and the passage of
trains will not be possible for two or three
days. In this city there have been numer-
Gus landslides along the railroads, which
have delayed trains, but so far no accidents
| have occurred.